as in shiver
an instance of shaking involuntarily with fear or cold
a shudder ran through him as he stepped outside into the snow
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as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
huddled in the basement, we shuddered with fear as we heard the approaching tornado
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Recent Examples of shudder
Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
The massive hack sent shudders through the department.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 May 2026
The world itself is shuddering on some of these economic blows.
—ABC News, 3 May 2026
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Noun
China controls the majority of the world’s supply, and Beijing’s brief export restrictions last year on the minerals — critical for the defense and energy sectors — sent shudders through US industry.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
The massive hack sent shudders through the department.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
The way the stadium shuddered with noise.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 May 2026
The world itself is shuddering on some of these economic blows.
—ABC News, 3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shudder
Noun
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Grab this sweatsuit and kiss mid-flight shivers goodbye.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Nov. 2025
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Hiroshige’s dramatic composition contrasting nature and civilization creates a sense of movement and immediacy, and sends a shiver down the viewer’s spine—a feeling that García Sánchez also tried to capture.—
Françoise Mouly,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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While the procedure hasn’t completely shaken off the stigma, in 2026, the BB… sorry, fat grafting to the butt is reemerging as a safe surgery that prioritizes shape over size.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
11 Dec. 2025
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After dinner the group of us started swapping tales from hunt camps, and Favre’s brother-in-law, Josh Ladner, pointed to the faded T-shirt Brett was wearing and shook his head.—
John B. Snow,
Outdoor Life,
11 Dec. 2025
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Sunny steadied a slight tremble in his hands by very precisely slicing a bacalao croquette using a knife and fork.—
Kiran Desai,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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Although not all the novel’s major characters make it to the end of this uplifting yet tear-jerking work of historical fiction, Six-Thirty safely perseveres.—
Camille Perri,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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In the summer of 2020, former Morgan Stanley trader Adam Crawley was wandering through Indonesia, Thailand and Australia, perfecting his qigong with a man called Master YanG, when a cold message on LinkedIn jerked him back to reality.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Verb
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His body then quivered and twitched, his mouth opening and closing.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Dec. 2025
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His lips would quiver in exactly the same way.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Tefi was vibrating when the news broke.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
14 June 2026
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AirJet uses piezoelectric modules with a vibrating element that forces air through the module's body.—
John Burek,
PC Magazine,
13 June 2026
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“Shudder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shudder. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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